A new ACCC report shows 74% of Australians are uncomfortable with their personal data being shared or sold. Yet this is happening every day, and the privacy law isn’t being enforced.
Schools have reported increases in student misbehavior in recent years.
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Florida’s school safety data dashboard is one of the most comprehensive in the US. A school safety researcher explains how schools and parents can use it.
A VIN is a unique string of 17 characters assigned to vehicles.
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VINs can tell a story if you know what to look for.
A favorite class focuses on the tendency to see meaningful patterns where there aren’t any, such as constellations of stars.
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A professor shows science students how humanities classes are the real stem that other disciplines sprout from. They learn that critical thinking and skepticism don’t stop when they leave the lab.
Within the first three seconds of opening a web page, over 80 third parties on average have accessed your information.
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Governments can exclude certain groups of people in policies and services not only by the type of data they collect but also how they collect, store, analyze and use the data.
Almost every website — both for-profit and not-for-profit — commodifies user data.
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The use of large language models like ChatGPT is growing globally. These technologies are trained on datasets that recreate biases — as their use increases, their datasets must become more diverse.
Voter turnout, or the amount of people that turn up to vote in an election, is key to upholding democratic values. Does it matter on which day a country goes to the polls?
If your computer crashed, would you be able to access your data?
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Karl Schmedders, International Institute for Management Development (IMD); José Parra-Moyano, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) e Michael Wade, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
There are risks in huge datasets sitting in the hands of just a few companies.
Making mistakes with spreadsheets can not only cause us personal frustration but can also lead to some very serious consequences.
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They are popular because they are popular, which is a circular argument that suits a pie chart. But there are some serious downsides to using the humble pie.
Organizations that gather information should establish a framework for responsibly managing user data.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
Former postdoctoral researcher on machine learning applied to chemical engineering and currently science communicator for the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), University of Tokyo